Champoussin
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Our ride up the mountain in the little cable car.

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View from our balcony.

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Roland, Daniel and Christian in the little store finding lots of goodies

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Auntie Carol buying goodies

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Christian with an incredible back drop!

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The lodge where we stayed.

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Getting cozy in our flat.

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Christian and Roland doing a little exploring.

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Stopping for another photo op! (The boots were a Christmas present!)

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So happy together...

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So we can remember for next time.

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Roland taking it all in. That slope behind him runs right into the restaurant where the photo was taken.

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Christian, Tara, Roland and Daniel ready for some snowshoeing!

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Trying to remember how they work.

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Roland and Daniel ready to go.

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Tara blazing the trail.

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Picking out the perfect Christmas tree.

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It gets dark around 4:30pm and it also started to snow, so we decided to head back.

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Tara and Christian at our soon to be favorite restaurant (there were only 3 in the village).

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Christian with the view from our balcony. Almost too beautiful to be true!

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Kirk and Lindsey the morning after they arrived having breakfast in the little cafe under the lodge.

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C and T having breakfast as well, dressed for more snowshoeing!

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There we are!

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Lindsey trying not to get stuck!

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A view of Champoussin from below.

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What a handsome guy!

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Taking a break from our strenuous travel.

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Christian and Tara posing in front of another perfect Christmas tree.

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Roland and kids taking a moment...

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Group shot with the camera perched precariously on two poles

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Our Monday evening meal again at Le Poussin.

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Roland, Jerry, Daniel, Lindsey, Kirk, Tara and Auntie Carol smiling big for the camera

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The went all out with their presentation of the food. This is a steak.

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Here is the salmon.

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Roland at the top of the world!

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Roland, Lindsey and Kirk

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We had pasta with mushrooms and a vegetable soup with bread and french fries!

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We skied right up to this little restaurant Le Chateau Gaby.

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Christian and Tara enjoying some ice cream.

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C and T at the top!

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Yes, we like to do that alot! :)

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A view from the other side.

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And another...

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It's just too beautiful for words!

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Christian on the way down.

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View from the slopes. There is over 750Km of skiing at Port du Soleil, we hardly ever saw anyone else. We could ski a 40 minute run and see maybe a handful of people the whole time. It was amazing!

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The slopes were completely open, you could ski anywhere you wanted.

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Fresh powder!

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They were very well groomed and people would just make their own trails wherever.

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Tara and Christian skiing down to the village of Morgins.

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Skiing through a winter wonderland!

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Tara and Jurg, ski instructor.

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Daniel and his ski instructor, Stephanie.

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Learning new techniques....

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practicing...

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hoping not to fall....

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Taking the lift to the top...Lindsey decided she needed some alone time! :)

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At the top...

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heading down.

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After a long day skiing, ready for some good food! This was our last night there. Eating again at Le Poussin.